Giovanni Gelateria — Restaurant in Albi

I visited four different times on my trip to Albi. Each time, the owner was completely nice to me and spoke excellent English. He was nice enough to recommend flavors that I wouldn't have tried otherwise. The flavors that I tried were chocolate sorbet, lemon and basil, pistachio, cream, and amaretto cherry. My favorite combination was the chocolate sorbet and amaretto cherry. Each one was good to great and its quality.

I see quite a few reviews questioning the sizes and prices of the ice cream. I think that for what you're getting, it's reasonable. He's using high quality ingredients and he's not skimping on quality. This is one of those times where you get what you pay for and that's especially...

Flavour wise very good. First Italian ice cream place in a week that actually tasted like Italian ice cream. Good job for that.

Major downside is the price vs quantity ratio. There are many reviews stating exactly that and people stating their disappointment about the quantity. Answer is always the same: 3,2 EUR for 100 GR. Well I had the 5 EUR copetta and I must say, no way that was 150 gram. Maybe if so many people are saying this, it would be time to do something about it.

So although the quality might be Italian, the quantity is far from it.

The fact that there is also a size bigger doesn't address that the price / quantity is totally wrong. Of course there is always a bigger size, but...

Overall a three star. Small servings, but ok we're in France, that's how it is. Vanilla was good. Hazelnut and caramel were meh. Mango was good. A bit of a hit and miss. If you choose well, you may get a good experience. (Decreased the rating given the owner's feedback, I guess the days he has clients with as much experience eating excellent ice cream in Rome and elsewhere as I have...